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Good joins IBSA as Collegiate Ministry Catalyst

January 28, 2026 By Ben Jones

Springfield | Daniel Good is the new Collegiate Ministry Catalyst, a part-time role created this year to help create and manage church partnerships strategically reaching students on Illinois university campuses. He began work in his new position January, 15. Good will continue to serve as lead pastor of Cornerstone Church in Savoy, where he has […]

Consultants work in 5 regions

January 8, 2026 By Ben Jones

Regions map

After 14 years, IBSA’s zone strategy is receiving its first significant remodel. The move will map the state into 5 regions rather than 10 zones. Each geographic region (Northern, Central, Southern, Chicago, and Metro East) will still have a locally based consultant to serve as a nearby connection for churches and local associations. However, the […]

Leaders’ summit in Springfield

December 26, 2025 By Ben Jones

ILS 2026

Laying hold of the vision and beginning to lead a church forward is challenging, but as Georgia pastor and church leadership guru Mike Linch has said, “Finishing it is the hard part.” This understanding set the theme of the 2026 Illinois Leadership Summit – The Long Climb: Doing the Hard Work to Reach the Next […]

BF&M Article 18: In the beginning God created… family

December 9, 2025 By Ben Jones

BF&M The Family

At the apex of God’s creative workweek, we find him crafting a man, then a woman, and directing them to “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it” (Gen. 1:28). It might surprise younger Baptists to know that Article 18 wasn’t included in the 1925 BF&M. Or the 1963 version. It was added […]

Scott Foshie named as IBSA Executive Director candidate: Board vote Dec. 9

November 24, 2025 By Ben Jones

Scott Foshie

Springfield, IL | Dr. Scott Foshie will be presented to the Illinois Baptist State Association (IBSA) Board of Directors as the nominee for the position of Executive Director. A special Board meeting has been called for Tuesday, December 9, at 10:00 a.m. in the IBSA Building’s Auditorium. Foshie was selected by a search committee of […]

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“Made for More” Ecclesiastes 3:9-15

Tyler Shipley

How often do you think about your death and where you will be after you die? This is something that I have thought about more recently. It was something that terrified me as a kid. The average American believes that heaven and hell are real, but that majority say they will be entering heaven because […]

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The Million Dollar Question: Mark 8:22-30

Ryan Hall

Call me what you will, but I like watching people lose big on gameshows. It is far more enjoyable than watching them leave with a free car! The biggest gameshow loss happened on NBC’s “The Wall.” A father-daughter team worked to amass an unknown bank of cash, but then the daughter was offered a $230,000 […]

Three requests

Nate Adams

Last month the IBSA Board of Directors’ Executive Director Search Committee completed an eight-month process of considering the future needs of the IBSA organization, and screening and interviewing candidates to succeed me in the role of Executive Director. I’ve been praying for them throughout that time, as I’m sure many others have. On December 9, […]

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“Made for More” Ecclesiastes 3:9-15

Tyler Shipley

How often do you think about your death and where you will be after you die? This is something that I have thought about more recently. It was something that terrified me as a kid. The average American believes that heaven and hell are real, but that majority say they will be entering heaven because […]

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Illinoisan named to national Acteens panel

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Birmingham, Ala. | A young woman from Illinois has been named to the 2026 National Acteens Panel, a group of four who will serve with the national WMU at the Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando. Abigail (Abbie) Howard of Casey First Baptist Church has been active in missions service through Acteens for seven years. “Being […]

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“While we have not yet arrived at the destination we envision, I believe we are clearly headed in the right direction,” said IMB President Paul Chitwood to trustees in the May 22 plenary session. IMB Photo

IMB trustees appoint new missionaries, elect first woman chair

Leslie Caldwell

Richmond | International Mission Board trustees approved 65 fully funded missionaries for appointment during their May 21-22 meeting near Richmond, Virginia. The missionaries approved for appointment will be recognized during a Sending Celebration on Tuesday, June 10, at 10:08 a.m. CDT in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. The event will […]

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